Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Energy & Utilities and Hotels & Tourism sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040), which rose 9.65% or 3.30 points to trade at 37.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210) added 9.09% or 0.40 points to end at 4.80 and Wataniya Insurance Company (SE:8300) was up 7.88% or 2.30 points to 31.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213), which fell 5.73% or 0.75 points to trade at 12.35 at the close. Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303) declined 5.32% or 1.40 points to end at 24.90 and Saudi Industrial Development Co. (SE:2130) was down 4.57% or 0.50 points to 10.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 115 to 41 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.17% or 0.09 to $53.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $55.71 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.25 to trade at $1193.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.64% to 3.9857, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 100.94.